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` Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 23, 1920.

Application led April 12, 1920. Serial No. 373,197.

To all whom may concern.'

Be it known that I, JESSE Snom, of Cincinnati in the county of Hamiltonand State of hio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBox-Blanks5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The industry of making cardboard boxes is being seriously retarded atthis time because of the shortage of paper stock. In consequence it isnecessary to effect as much saving of material as possible in themanufacture of cardboard containers.

My present invention has this object in View. Primarily it relates tocandy boxes and contemplates improving the formation and assembling ofthe receptacles.

In the drawings, Figure l shows the box blank flat. Figs. 2, 3, l and 5show the successive steps of folding and locking the parts at one end.Fig. 6 is a perspective of the bon with its trays and candy, and Fig. 7shows one of the trays.

I have shown the blank formed with flaps l, 2, 3, at each of its endedges and cut at the lines 4 between the flaps. The blank is scored atthe `lines 5. Flaps 3 are each shown formed with a tongue 6 by cuttingthe flap on a substantially semi-circular line.

The flaps 2 are each scored at the lines 7, 8, and cut to form a slot 9at about the center of line 8. This slot is U-shaped at its center toform a lip 9a.

The blank being folded on the side lines 5 the end flaps are manipulatedas in Fig. 2,

. flap 3 being first turned inward, its tongue 6 having been bent toprotrude slightly inward. Flap l is then bent over the outer face ofldap 3, and liap 2 is bent upward as in Fig. 3 over the outer face offlap l. As seen in Fig. 4, the flap 2 is bent on the scored lines 7 and8 so that the body portion of the flap may contact with the outersurface of flap l while its free edge is passed downward beneath tongue6. The margin of the tongue 6 then enters slot 9, being Iguided by lip9a, the slot readily opening because of its lying in the scored line 8on which flap 2 is bent as it is turned inward. Fig. 5 shows the flapsfully closed and united, withthe edge of `iap 2 extending fully to thebase of tongue 6 and over the inner face of flap 3 at each side of thetongue and with the tongue inserted in the slot and held by lip 91Lpressing against its inner face, thus securely locking the parts.

It will be noted that there are no projecting surfaces, especially noupwardly pro-- truding parts. Consequently a cover made in the mannerdescribed may be placed over the box without encountering anyresistance. It will be especially noted by those skilled in the art thatI effect a substantial saving in material as compared with thecommercial hardware box as receptacles of this character are known.

. In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown the box con taining trays l0. As seen inFig. each tray is of width greater than the box and is scoredlongitudinally on the four lines 12. Intermediate the outer pairs oflines the blank is cut to form a series of round holes 13. rI hematerial is bent upward between these lines causing the surfaces 14between the holes to bend. In this formationthe tray fits snugly withinthe box and its ridges 15 comprise a pair of racks having circularnotches to receive sticks of candy 16. The candy units are keptseparated and the tray has just enough resiliency to allow of itsyielding when jarred without breaking the candy sticks.` The filled boxwill of course contain a series of superposed trays.

I claim as my invention:

A box blank having end flaps on its sides and bottom, one of said' sideflaps being folded inside the other, said inner flap having an upwardprojecting tongue, said bottom flap being scored on two transverse linesnear its free edge and having a slot in the outer of saidscored lines,said slot forming a U-shaped lip, said flap being adapted to be lfoldedover the upper edges of said side flaps and to receive said tongue inits slot, said lip acting as a guide for said tongue and lying againstthe inner face thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification.

JESSE SROFE.

